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Scarce Books

Scarce Books

A new page has been added to our website which includes images of the covers of many books about the history of Leamington Spa. Most of them are out of print and can be difficult to find. It is suggested that the usual secondhand shops and websites may have copies or...
Memories of Archery Road

Memories of Archery Road

My memories of living in Archery Road I lived in Archery Road from 1945-1965.  My parents were stationed at RAF Gaydon during the Second World War and they married in 1944 in London (they were both Londoners).  I was born in February 1945.  After renting in Leamington...
A Leamington Knife in Argentina

A Leamington Knife in Argentina

  In the summer of 2016, Leamington History Group received a message asking for help from Alberto Guido Chester, a knife historian and researcher in Argentina who had acquired a “gaucho” knife probably made in the 19th Century and stamped ‘Hobson...
Warwick Brewery

Warwick Brewery

This page is a Summary of a Research Paper which can be viewed HERE (pdf document). The Author Updated this document in May 2021. The Leamington History Group is pleased to publish the fruits of this research because some of the ale brewed in Wallace Street,...
Joan Alys Helen Mary Parsons, Leamington Aviator

Joan Alys Helen Mary Parsons, Leamington Aviator

Joan Parsons was born in Parkeston, Dorset on 8th October 1906, the daughter of Rev. Randolph Cecil Parsons, a descendant of the 2nd Earl of Rosse. Little is known of Joan’s early life but the family came to live at 19 Avenue Road, Leamington, when her father retired...